WMRA Daily

State Senate Democrats are again unable to pass a bill to fix issues with a state veterans education benefit program… Six former, current and future members of UVa’s swim team are heading to Paris for the summer Olympics... Fireworks can be triggering for people with post-traumatic stress disorder, but there are ways we can help neighbors and family members cope with the noise….

Shenandoah National Park closes streams and rivers to fishing due to drought conditions and low water levels… The Virginia Senate is back at the Capitol again to reconsider a veterans benefit program… Hundreds of new laws take effect in Virginia today, including some that will pave the way for more access to solar….

Albemarle County’s prosecutor wants a court to withhold a report on the 2022 shooting deaths of three UVa students… Members of the General Assembly return to the Capitol to consider a budget question about benefits to veterans and their families… It’s time for lightning bugs, but as their numbers may be down, we have some tips for attracting more to your yard….

An old rock quarry and landfill are now a beautiful public park in Waynesboro… With July 1st comes lots of new laws, including prison reforms and changes to the Developmental Disability waiver system… Representative Abigail Spanberger says changes the federal government made to college student aid applications hurts farm families….

Staunton asks residents to conserve water, as drought conditions in Virginia worsen… Donald Trump and Governor Youngkin will appear together for the first time in a Chesapeake rally the day after the first presidential debate… UVa opens a new research center dedicated to Alzheimer’s disease….

Nearly a third of Virginia’s counties are maternity care deserts, and we explore the effect of that lack of care in Page County… The Wildlife Center in Waynesboro is taking in more eagles these days… Efforts to ease the fentanyl crisis in Virginia are showing some hopeful signs….

A Charlottesville medical tech company graduates from a state program to go global… Virginia’s Education Department, under Governor Glenn Youngkin, proposes changes to a course on Black history… Virginia’s abortion laws haven’t changed since Dobbs, but they’re being watched….

The FBI says it has solved the 1996 case of a brutal double murder of two young women in Shenandoah National Park… Excessive heat is combining with a “flash drought” in Virginia this weekend, with almost no rain relief expected anytime soon… The big political story this week was Tuesday’s primary, but also, the General Assembly will need a do-over after deadlocking on the issue of military educational benefits, and Jeff Schapiro reviews the week….

Harrisonburg’s animal shelter is at capacity, and seeking new homes for its pets… Virginia State Police investigates the Town of Broadway’s finances… The official results aren’t in yet, but State Senator John McGuire declares victory over incumbent Bob Good in Virginia’s 5th Congressional district….

Primary results are in, but as of early on the day after the primary election, the contest in the fifth congressional district is still too close to call… Republican Hung Cao wins the chance to challenge incumbent Senator Tim Kaine in November… Virginia’s Senate can’t reach a compromise to fix a veterans’ education benefit program….

It’s primary day in Virginia, and lots of candidates are vying for seats statewide… A UVa senior shatters the women’s 100-meter butterfly world record in her semifinal race at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials… A small family practice has been serving patients in one Augusta County community for 50 years and counting….

UVa’s athletic foundation creates a scholarship fund in memory of the three student athletes killed in a 2022 shooting… At least three county school boards in the WMRA area have ditched membership in a long-standing school board association, and that created an outcry in Orange County… Ten years after it was proposed, the Mountain Valley Pipeline is now in service….

The continuing saga of the company called NEXUS now involves a court-ordered forensic accountant… Next Tuesday is primary day in Virginia, and Jeff Schapiro takes a look at some of the more notable contests… Harrisonburg celebrates World Refugee Day….

Virginia has a new state park in Culpeper County, commemorating four major Civil War battles… Craigsville adjusts to the loss of jobs as the Augusta Correctional Center gets set to close for good at the end of the month… Before the Mountain Valley Pipeline begins pumping gas, nearby residents want more information about safety checks….

The NAACP sues Shenandoah County’s school board over its renaming of schools for Confederates… Meanwhile, Rockingham County’s school board votes to ditch a lobbying group it deems too liberal… Shenandoah National Park hosts events to promote the stewardship of natural areas….

Military veterans on the frontline of state politics, the builders of the Mountain Valley Pipeline say it’s complete, and the Virginia Department of Health struggles for funding.

Ensuring access to contraception aborted, a difficult political environment for environmental initiatives, and roadblocks to fixing traffic backups on I-81.

Feuds between the Virginia Governor and the Virginia Legislature, erosion along the route of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, and a look back at the news of the week.

Primary races across the Commonwealth, the Youngkin administration shifts emissions standards into reverse, and we look at new addiction treatment options in our area.